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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chengdu 00:04:12 1 Name 00:06:30 2 Logo 00:06:51 3 History 00:07:00 3.1 Early history 00:08:27 3.2 Imperial era 00:11:52 3.3 Modern era 00:17:10 4 Geography 00:20:32 4.1 Climate 00:23:24 4.2 Administrative divisions 00:24:14 5 Cityscape 00:25:20 5.1 Ancient fortress wall 00:26:10 6 Demography 00:27:13 7 Culture 00:27:30 7.1 Literature 00:28:47 7.2 Fine art 00:29:15 7.3 Religion 00:33:49 7.4 Education 00:34:20 7.5 Theatre 00:35:20 7.6 Language 00:35:51 7.7 Culinary art and tea culture 00:37:05 7.7.1 Teahouse 00:37:41 7.7.2 Hot Pot 00:38:17 7.8 Mahjong 00:39:31 7.9 Rural tourism: Nong Jia Le 00:40:34 7.10 Customs and festivals 00:40:43 7.10.1 Grand Temple Fair 00:41:22 7.10.2 Lantern Festival 00:41:54 7.10.3 Dujiangyan Water Releasing Festival 00:42:31 7.10.4 Huanglongxi Fire Dragon Festival 00:43:10 7.10.5 South China Snow and Ice Festival 00:43:51 8 Home of the giant panda 00:47:25 9 Main sights 00:47:34 9.1 World natural and cultural heritage sites 00:47:45 9.1.1 Mount Qingcheng 00:48:48 9.1.2 Dujiangyan Irrigation System 00:49:30 9.1.3 Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries 00:51:24 9.2 Culture of poetry and the Three Kingdoms 00:51:35 9.2.1 Wuhou Shrine 00:52:43 9.2.2 Du Fu thatched cottage 00:53:43 9.3 Ancient Shu civilization 00:53:52 9.3.1 Jinsha Ruins 00:54:48 9.3.2 Golden Sun Bird 00:55:47 9.3.3 Sanxingdui Museum 00:56:28 9.4 Buddhist and Taoist cultures 00:56:38 9.4.1 Chengdu Daci Monastery 00:57:17 9.4.2 Wenshu Monastery 00:57:49 9.4.3 Baoguang Monastery 00:58:32 9.4.4 Qingyang Taoist Temple 00:59:17 9.5 Featured streets and historic towns 00:59:28 9.5.1 The Wide and Narrow Lanes 01:00:09 9.5.2 Jinli 01:01:09 9.5.3 Huanglongxi Historic Town 01:02:04 9.5.4 Chunxi Road 01:02:42 9.5.5 Anren Historic Town 01:03:37 9.5.6 Luodai Historic Town 01:04:35 9.5.7 Du Fu Thatched Cottage 01:05:10 10 Economy 01:09:03 10.1 Electronics and IT industries 01:13:18 10.2 Financial industry 01:16:18 10.3 Modern logistic industry 01:17:37 10.4 Modern business and trade 01:19:17 10.5 Convention and exhibition industry 01:20:33 10.6 Software and service outsourcing industry 01:21:48 10.7 New energy industry 01:23:27 10.8 Electronics and information industry 01:24:16 10.9 Automobile industry 01:25:31 10.10 Modern agriculture 01:26:10 10.11 Defense industry 01:26:53 10.12 Investment 01:27:46 10.13 Industrial zones 01:28:22 10.14 Real estate 01:30:42 11 Transport 01:30:51 11.1 Air 01:34:01 11.2 Railway 01:36:34 11.3 Metropolitan expressways 01:39:04 11.4 Coach 01:39:57 11.5 Highways 01:40:38 11.6 Chengdu Metro 01:41:28 11.7 Bus 01:42:04 11.8 River transport 01:43:13 12 Education 01:44:02 12.1 Colleges and universities 01:46:16 12.2 International schools 01:47:00 12.3 Major secondary schools 01:47:50 13 Consulates 01:48:25 14 Sports 01:48:34 14.1 Football 01:50:10 14.2 Tennis 01:52:47 14.3 Overwatch 01:53:12 14.4 Multi-sport events 01:53:37 14.5 Major sports venues 01:55:26 15 International Relations 01:55:36 16 See also Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago. Learning by listening is a great way to: - increases imagination and understanding - improves your listening skills - improves your own spoken accent - learn while on the move - reduce eye strain Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone. Listen on Google Assistant through Extra Audio: https://assistant.google.com/services/invoke/uid/0000001a130b3f91 Other Wikipedia audio articles at: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=wikipedia+tts Upload your own Wikipedia articles through: https://github.com/nodef/wikipedia-tts Speaking Rate: 0.7877789661958547 Voice name: en-US-Wavenet-E "I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think." - Socrates SUMMARY ======= Chengdu (Chinese: 成都; Sichuanese: Cengtu UK: , US: , Standard Mandarin: [ʈʂʰə̌ŋ.tú] (listen)), formerly romanized as Chengtu, is a sub-provincial city which serves as the capital of the Chinese province of Sichuan. It is one of the three most-populous cities in Western China, the other two being Chongqing and Xi'an. As of 2014, the administrative area housed 14,427,500 inhabitants, the largest in Sichuan, with an urban population of 10,152,632. At the time of the 2010 census, Chengdu was the fifth-most populous agglomeration in China, with 10,484,996 inhabitants in the built-up area including Xinjin County and Deyang's Guanghan City. Chengdu is considered a World City with a "Beta +" classification, according to the Globalization and World Cities Research Network.Chengdu is located in ... |